Director of the Center for Cybercrime Studies

The Center promotes research and education needed to understand and thwart criminal activitity that employs or targets computers, networks and other digital devices. Please see the Center's web site for information on current work and events.

I served as the coordinator of the major from 1993 to 2005. Prof. Shenkin the Department Chair now handles most of the day-to-day aspects of running the major. However, I still work with Peter and other faculty members on projects to improve the CIS program. Here is some of the work we have done since 2001.

• We revised curricula in most of the CIS core and capstone courses. We also updated the catalog descriptions.
• We developed five new courses: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networking, Discrete Structures, Graphics and Graphical User Interfaces, and Systems Analysis. In addition, these courses have been integrated into the CIS program.
• Working with another member of the Department, Prof. Sam Graff, we developed seven graduate courses for the proposed Master Degree Program in Forensic Computing. The program began in fall 2004.
• We have revised the CIS mathematics requirements so they conform to the ACM/IEEE Curricula 2001 Guidelines. Under the new requirements, all students take calculus, discrete mathematics and two advanced operations research courses.
• The NASA Cluster Computing Grant (2001-2004) allowed us to improve the CIS curriculum in the areas of distributed computing and computer security. We have put in place lab facilities for research and course work in computer networking and parallel computing. We have revised undergraduate courses and created new courses to prepare students for the challenges of distributed computing. More information is available at the NASA Cluster Computing Project web site.
• Seven new faculty members have been hired with expertise in computer hardware, computer security, cryptography, database systems and networking.
• Working with the Computer Science Department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, we developed an articulation agreement that ensures that BMCC graduates who transfer to the John Jay CIS program receive credit toward the CIS degree for couses taken at BMCC.
• In another effort with BMCC, working with Professors Mete Kok and Ana Salvati under the auspices of their NSF ATE Cybersecurity and Information Assurance project, we developed an introductory digital forensics course that will be offered both at John Jay and BMCC.

Faculty Advisor, Computer Science Association I have been a faculty advisor to the Computer Science Association , the student computer club, since 1993. The club sponsors many activities that enhance the classroom learning experience. This year - with a little help from faculty members - the club plans to bring in speakers in the areas of cluster computing, database systems and computer security. The club continues to sponsor workshops in which CIS students share their computing expertise with the rest of the college community. During the past year the club offered workshops in website design, computer networking and Microsoft Office. The club also sponsors visits for students to local area information technology firms. Companies who recently hosted a club visit include IBM, CISCO Systems, Computer Assoicates, and MagicSoft.

Committee Memberships I currently am a member of the Department Personnel and Budget Committee and the Forensic Computing Graduate Program Committee.